Example sentences of "call a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , not up anything you could call a ’ |
| 2 | Half-way through the last act we 'll call a doctor , and the police if you like — they wo n't stop the show then and the delay wo n't harm Bunty , poor little cow . ’ |
| 3 | They call themselves Rektum , and all signs suggest they enjoyed what you might call a safe passage . |
| 4 | Sir : Shabbir Akhtar ( 10 October ) himself makes what he might call a pardonable error in thinking that to liberals — genuine ones , not the compromisers so regretfully limned in John Torode 's article ( 3 October ) - freedom of speech is an absolute value . |
| 5 | Another advertisement figured in the speech by Kenneth Clarke , the Secretary of State for Health , who parodied a British Medical Association poster which asked : ‘ What do you call a man who will not take medical advice … |
| 6 | The minister asked the conference : ‘ What do you call a man who will not take medical advice … healthy . ’ |
| 7 | He had on what you 'd now call a yuppie look — baggy trousers and braces . |
| 8 | ‘ And why ca n't you call a spade a spade ? |
| 9 | What you might call a new one . ’ |
| 10 | The Germans have not yet created what Americans and Britons would call a real think-tank . |
| 11 | They grant also what is called a divorce a mensa et thoro , or rather what we should call a judicial separation , i.e. they release the parties from the duty of living together on grounds of cruelty or misconduct ; but a divorce in the modern sense , which allows the parties to marry again , is not recognized by the medieval church in the case of any marriage which is originally valid . |
| 12 | What do you call a fast-talking , no-nonsense , shoot-from-the-hip regimental sergeant major with a twitching swagger stick in his hand ? |
| 13 | Nor , I realize now , was she exactly what one would call a liar : . |
| 14 | Apart form losing the hypnotics , the end curvature ( what a transport engineer might call a filter road ) can suggest the positive robustness of the earth swelling beyond the frame . |
| 15 | The desire for improved services was centred among Congregationalists and Baptists while what we might call a larger search for dignity pertained to all the major denominations ; the Congregationalist , Dr George Barrett , told a 1900 meeting of the Free Church Council that ‘ Nonconformists have not yet enlisted the imagination as a handmaid to faith … |
| 16 | The concentration on Heron 's bond issues in Switzerland , where only lead managers can call a default , leaves a potential conflict of interest if the banks which issued the bonds for Heron sought now to negotiate against the company . |
| 17 | Charles was requested by Stephen ‘ not to mix the famous Frankish blood with the perfidious foul leprous Lombard stock — a truly diabolical coupling which no true man could call a marriage … ‘ |
| 18 | It would make the writing of this chapter easier if I could call a halt on this discussion of the relationship between dramatic playing and performance and change the topic . |
| 19 | I shall call a reason which displaces others a pre-emptive reason . |
| 20 | Stubbornness was an early characteristic , as was the way he would call a halt to any admonishment laid down by Mud . |
| 21 | That is an insult for mestizos , what you would call a half-breed . |
| 22 | There was a luxurious pleasure in being able to share a secret with one of the very few people he could call a friend , but this time he could resist . |
| 23 | In such cases , a local planning committee has full power to reject the application and of course the Secretary of State can call a public inquiry . |
| 24 | It appears to be aimed squarely at what the Americans would call a ‘ resort diver ’ , rather than someone like me who dives several times a week in more or less the same areas . |
| 25 | And why did bodies adopt what I shall call a ‘ bottlenecked ’ life cycle ? |
| 26 | Suffice it here to point to what we can call a third , or micro- , level of decision making , the other two being the level of allocating as between health and , for example , defence ; and the other , between different sections within health care . |
| 27 | And I 'm not a clever lass , I 'm what you would call a b … fool . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Will I call a cab , Ma ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ No , you 'll not call a cab . |
| 30 | Anyone can call a special number 0345 626262 — for information or advice on the disease or details of the local branch . |